equal with God's Law. And more- convenient that every Country should over, they be neither dark nor dumb use such Ceremonies as they shall Ceremonies, but are so set forth, that think best to the setting forth of God's every man may understand what they honour and glory, and to the redo mean, and to what use they do ducing of the people to a most perserve. So that it is not like that they fect and godly living, without error or in time to come should be abused as superstition ; and that they should put other have been. And in these our away other things, which from time to doings we condemn no other Nations, time they perceive to be most abused, por prescribe any thing but to our as in men's ordinances it often chanceth own people only: For we think it diversly in divers countries.

I The Order how the Psalter' is appointed to be read. THE

once every Month, as it is there it is so ordered, that at one time appointed, both for Morning and shall not be read above four or five Evening Prayer. But in February of the said portions. it shall be read only to the twenty- And at the end of every Psalm, and eighth or twenty-ninth day of the of every such part of the 119th Psalm, Month.

shall be repeated this Hymn, And, whereas January, March, Glory be to the Father, and to the May, July, August, October, and Son : and to the Holy Ghost ; December have One-and-thirty days As it was in the beginning, is now, apiece; It is ordered, that the same and ever shall be : world without end. Psalms shall be read the last day of Amen. the said months, which were read the Note, that the Psalter followeth day before : So that the Psalter may the Division of the Hebrews, and the begin agam the first day of the next Translation of the great English Bible, month ensuing.

set forth and used in the time of King And, whereas the 119th Psalm is Henry the Eighth, and Edward the divided into twenty-two portions, and Sixth

The Order how the rest of holy Scripture is appointed to be read.

HE Old Testament is appointed both at Morning and Evening Prayer ; and Evening Prayer; so as the most which are not in the Calendar, and part thereof will be read every year the Immoveable, where there is a önce, as in the Calendar is appointed blank left in the Column of Lessons,

The New Testament is appointed the Proper Lessons for all which days for the second Lessons at Morning and are to be found in the Table of ProEvenmg Prayer, and shall be read per Lessons. over orderly every year thrice, besides And note, that whensoever Proper the Epistles and Gospels; except the Psalms or Lessons are appointed; then Apocalypse, out of which there are the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary only certain Proper Lessons appointed course appointed in the Psalter and upon divers Feasts.

Calendar (if they be different) shall be And to know what Lessons shall be omitted for that time. read every day, look for the day of Note also, that the Collect, Epistle, the Month in the Calendar following, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday and there ye shall find the Chapters shall serve all the week after, where it that shall be read for the Lessons is not in this Book otherwise ordered.

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To be read at Morning and Evening Prayer, on the Sundays, and

other Holy-days throughout the Year.

Lessons proper for Sundays. Sundays of Mattins. Evensong. Sundays after Mattins. Evensong. Advent.

Easter. The first Isaiah -1 Isaiah – 2

4 Deut.6 Deut.-7 2

5
-24

5-
3-

-25 -26 Sunday after
30
-32 Ascension-day.

-12

-13 Sundays after

Whit-Sunday. Christmas.

1 Lesson -16. tov.18 Isaiah -11 The first

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38 2 Lesson Acts - 10. Acts 19. to 241 43 Trinity-Sunday

(ver. 34 (ver. 21

1 Lesson Genesis 1 Genesis 18 Sundays after the Epiphany.

2 Lesson Matth.-3 1 John-5 The first

44 -46 Sundays after 2

-51

-53 Trinity.

The first- Joshua 10 Joshua 23 3

-55
-56

2- Judges-—4 Judges—5
57
-58

1 Sam.-21 Sam.-3 -59 64 4

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-13 6

65
-66
5

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-17 Septuagesima. - Genesis 1 Genesis 2

6- 2 Sam.-122 Sam.-19 Sexagesima.

-3

7

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-24 Quinquagesima. -9. tov.20 12

8 1 Kings 13 1 Kings 17 9

-18

-19 Lent.

10

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-22 First Sunday, -19. tov.30 -22

11- 2 Kings-5 2 Kings -9 %

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12

-10

-18 3

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42

13
4

43
45

14 Jerem.-5 Jerem.-22 5- Exodus 3 Exodus 5

15

35

-36 6

16- Ezekiel -2 Ezekiel 13 1 Lesson

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17-

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-18 2 Lesson Matth. 26 Heb. 5. to

18

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-24 Easter-day.

(ver. 11

19- Daniel-3 Daniel 6 1 Lesson Exodus 12 Exodus 14.

20 Joel -2 Micah-6 2 Lesson Rom.- 6 Acts 2.ver. 21- Habbak, 2|Prov, -1 Sundays after

(22
Prov. -2

-3 Easter.

23

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-12 The first Numb. 16 Nun.-22 14

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-14 2-23, 24

25

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19

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22

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Mattins. Evensong.

Mattins. Evensong. S. Andrew. Prov. -20 Prov. -21 Thursday before

Easter. S. Thomas the

1 Lesson Daniel-9 Jerem.-31 Apostle.

-23

-24

2 Lesson John -13 Nativity of

Good-Friday.

(to v. 20 Christ. (ver. 8 (to v. 17

1 Lesson Genesis 22 Isaiah -53 1 Lesson Isaiah 9. to Isai.7. v.10

2 Lesson John-18 1 Peter-2 2. Lesson

Luke 2. to Titus 3.v.4
(ver. 15

Easter-Even.

(to ver. 9 S. Stephen.

1 Lesson Zech. -9 Exodus 13 1 Lesson Prov. 28 Eccles.-4 2 Lesson Luke -23. Heb. 2 Lesson Acts 6. v.8. Acts 7 v.30

Monday in (ver. 50
and ch.7. (to v. 55 Easter-Week.
to ver. 30

1 Lesson Exodus 16 Exodus 17 S. John, Evang.

2 Lesson Matth.-28 Acts 3 1 Lesson Eccles.-5 Eccles.--6 2 Lesson Rev. 1 Rev.-22

Tuesday in

Easter-Week. Innocents' Day. Jerem.-31 Wisd.-1

1 Lesson Exodus 20 Exodus 32 (to v. 18

2 Lesson Luke 24.to 1 Cor. -15 Circumcision.

(ver. 12

(ver. 13 1 Lesson Genesis 17 Deut. -10.

S. Mark. Ecclus. -4 Ecclus. -5 2 Lesson Rom.-- 2 Coloss, -2

S. Philip and Epiphany.

S. James. 1 Lesson Isaiah -60 Isaiah -49 1 Lesson 2 Lesson Luke 3. to John 2. to 2 Lesson

John 1. v. (ver. 23 (ver. 12 Conversion of

(45

Ascension-Day. S. Paul.

1 Lesson Deut.-10 2 Kings-2 1 Lesson Wisd.-5 Wisd. -6

2 Lesson Luke -24. Ephes. -4 2 Lesson Acts 22. to Acts_26

(ver. 44 (to v. 17 (ver. 22 Purification of

Monday in

IVhitsun-Week. (ver. 10 (16. to v.30 the Virgin

1 Lesson Gen. 11. to Num.11.v. Mary. Wisd. -9 Wisd.--12

2 Lesson 1 Cor.-1211 Cor.-14. S. Matthias.

-19 Ecclus. -1
Tuesday in

(to v. 26 Annunciation of

Whitsun - IVeek. (ver. 18 our Lady.—Ecclus. 2

3

1 Lesson 1 Sam.-19 Deut.-30

Muttins. Edensong. Ecclus. 51 Job -1

Muttins. Evensong. S. John Baptist.

S. Luke. 1 Lesson Malach.-3 Malach. 4 2 Lesson Matth.-3 Matt.14.to

(ver. 13 s. Simon and S. Peter. 1 Lesson Ecclus. 15 Ecclus. 19

S. Jude. 2 Lesson Acts- -3 Acts

Job 24, 25

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Wisd. 3. to Wisd. 5. to

S. James. Ecclus. 21 Ecclus. 22 All Saints.
S. Bartholomew.

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1 Lesson S. Matthew.

-35

10c

12 e

JANUARY HATH XXXI. DAYS.

MORNING EVENING
PRAYER.

PRAYER. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. 1 A Circumcision. 2b

Gen.—1 Matth. 1 Gen.-2 Rom. - 1 3 c

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-4

-2 4 d

5
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-3 5 e

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6 f Epiphany.
718

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12

-5 8 A Lucian,P.&M. -13

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14

6 9b

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16

7
17
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19
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10

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11
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11 -25

12 -26 -12 15 A

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13 -28 -13 167 b

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15 18 d Prisca, V.&M. -33

16
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16 19 e

-35 -17 -371 Cor.-1 20 f Fabian,B.&M. -38 -18 -39

-2 21 g Agnes, V.&M. 40 -19 -41

-3 22 A Vincent, M. 42 -20

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-5 24c -46 -22 -47

-6 25 d Conversion of 26 e (S. Paul. 48

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-7 -50 -24 Exod. 1

-8 Exod. 2

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-5

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1418

27 f

2818

29 A